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FWIW NIST, both at Gaithersburg and Boulder, is very well-regarded in AMO physics and slices of condensed matter. Bill Phillips (https://www.nist.gov/people/william-d-phillips) is one big name there, but AIUI they do a whole bunch of cool stuff. Which doesn't say much one way or the other about how the AI Safety Institute will go! But NIST has a record of producing, or at least sheltering, very good work in the general vicinity of their remit.
Don't knock metrology! It's really, really hard, subtle, and creative, and you all of a sudden have to worry about things nobody has ever thought about before! I'm a condensed matter theory guy, more or less, but I go to metrology talks every once in a while and have my mind blown.

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What Can We Learn About Human Psychology from Christian Apologetics?

Christian here (and very long-time lurker), of more or less the "I believe on faith" stripe. I've noticed that in addition to the uses you mention here, /Mere Christianity/ serves as a summary of doctrine. (I can't really speak to other apologetics.)

I've found that Sunday school and sermons generally incline much more to vague, feel-good platitudes than to actual, you know, positive or normative claims. You're left in this position of "OK, I have [for whatever reason] bought into the Church and its credibility---now what do these people actually believe? How can I draw on the collective experience of all these people?" /Mere Christianity/ tells you what, exactly, the vast majority... (read more)

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